A tracking shot might be moral
But no morals here.
"NO! My Hermes handbag!"
Fuck You de cinema.

There is increasing interaction between images and language. One might say that living in society today is almost like living in a vast comic strip.

An eruption of vulgarity, kinetic even in fleeting repose. In a word: cinema.

An immoral cinema
Is also a free cinema.
Not a spectacle we want
But a spectacle we deserve.

Crank 2: I Can't Believe We Got Away With Making Another One of These

"'Jesus Christ! You should be dea- ah fuck it, never mind."

Film #16 Of The December Project

As far as I'm concerned, the 'Crank' series is what every modern exploitation movie should strive to be. It's gory, sexy, insane, completely ridiculous, and way too much fun. It's highly stylised and takes a lot from videogames, just like the first one.

After the crazy events of the 1st movie, Chev Chelios has had his heart taken out by a Japenese gang... I think. They want the heart to put in their 100-year-old mob boss because his heart is failing. So they put a electronic heart, that only lasts a charge of 1 hour. If Chev wants his heart back, he's gonna have to stay electrocuted. And the movie begins.

If you enjoyed Crank, or are looking for a balls-to-the-wall action comedy movie you can just sit back and enjoy, Crank II is perfect.

I appreciate the anarchy, the reckless stacking of events and coincidences and the manic disregard for narrative and spatial coherence (even with all the nauseating whip pans), but I can’t fully get on board with this, and not just because of the offensive stuff, which I think is actually a redeeming factor. Maybe because the movie comes from a place of catharsis and emotion and not one of ideas, which makes it hard for me to relate to, since I favor cold and calculated over hot and sloppy, and this is one of the hottest, sloppiest things I’ve ever seen. The comparisons to Rabelais are perfect, in that this is the sort of wrecking ball satire that’s less interested in skewering specific targets than the primal thrill of destruction, not only of taboos, but of characters, locations and narrative structure itself. Excited to see what they’ll come up with for the inevitable 3D installment.

The sequel to 'Crank' from the same writing and directing duo, this pretty much repeates the success of the first film to even wilder heights. Hitman Chelios (Jason Staham) is found nearly dead after the events of the first film and he is handed over to the bad guys who want Chelios for their own reasons. He is fitted with an artificial heart that runs on a battery pack, but as Chelios escapes and the pack is destroyed, he must harness electrical bursts and shocks to keep his heart beating until he finds those responsible...

With more death defying stunts, sex in public thanks to dependable girlfriend Amy Start to help build up friction (it's all plot driven, of course), and plenty of action to keep fight fans happy, this does exactly what you're expecting it to if you watch it.

And there's even talk of a third film coming up...

they upped the ante

I don't know what I just whatched.....

What a bad movie......

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Woo-hoo!!!

Good times.

Neveldine & Taylor take all the fun out of the first movie, and replace it by pushing that film's least appealing elements, its casual racism, misogyny and homophobia, beyond the limits of good taste. Gone also is the bright candy colored Los Angeles of the first film, replaced by the dirt grey palate that made PWSA's DEATH RACE so dull as well. Whether this is intentional: exposing the ugliness at the heart of the action genre, or simply an extreme indulgence in it is too early to say.